Af Mexee

Af Mexee is a Somali language.

Phonology

Orthography

Consonants

Shibliyooyka

' b p t j ch x kh d th r s sh dh c g gh f q k l m n ny w h y

Vowels

Shaqlooyka

a e i o u

aa ee ii oo uu

Diphthongs

ay aw ey oy ow

aay aaw eey ooy oow

Consonants

Af Mexee consonant phonemes

		Labial	Dental/ Alveolar	Postalveolar	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Pharyngeal	Glottal
Nasal		m	n		ny /ɲ/
Stop consonant	voiceless	(p)	t /t̪/			k	q		' /ʔ/
	voiced	b	d /d̪/	dh /ɖ/		ɡ
Affricate	voiceless			ch /tʃ/
	voiced			j /dʒ/
Fricative	voiceless	f	s	sh /ʃ/		kh /x/		x /ħ/	h
	voiced	p /β/	th /ð/			gh /ɣ/	c /ʕ/
Approximant			l		y /j/	w
Trill			r /r~ɾ/

Vowels

Af Mexee has five vowel articulations that all contrast frontness/backness and vowel length. There is little change in vowel quality when the vowel is lengthened.

There are five diphthongs that also occur in front and back, long and short versions, except for /ɞi/, which does not occur in the back series.

Af Mexee monophthongs

	Front series		Back series
	short	long	short	long
Close front unrounded / Near-close near-front unrounded	i	iː	ɪ	ɪː
Close-mid front unrounded / Open-mid front unrounded	e	eː	ɛ	ɛː
Near-open front unrounded / Open back unrounded	æ	æː	ɑ	ɑː
Open-mid central rounded / Open-mid back rounded	ɞ	ɞː	ɔ	ɔː
Close central rounded / Close back rounded	ʉ	ʉː	u	uː

Af Mexee diphthongs

First element is front		First element is back
short	long	short	long
æi	æːi	ɑɪ	ɑːɪ
æʉ	æːʉ	ɑu	ɑːu
ei	eːi	ɛɪ	ɛːɪ
ɞi	ɞːi	ɔɪ	ɔːɪ
ɞʉ	ɞːʉ	ɔu	ɔːu

Phonotactics

Syllable structure is (C)V(C)

Morphology

Nouns

Definite: -ka (masculine), -ta (feminine) -> subject to Sandhi rules

Plural: -ooyn (definite: -ooyka)